Hello and welcome to the second weekly installment of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, and I write about all kinds of soccer for The Times, and the fact this is the second newsletter means we’ve been held over — at least for one more week — so let’s see if we can keep this going.
In last week’s inaugural newsletter, we previewed El Trafico (still hate that name), the Southern California derby pitting the Galaxy against the expansion Los Angeles Football Club. The game ended in a 1-1 draw and though the rivalry is just three games old, it is already among the most passionate and exciting in MLS.